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73-87 Chevy _ GMC Trucks => Projects Posts (NOT VEHICLES) => Topic started by: 73CustomDeluxe on January 07, 2011, 02:43:06 am

Title: painting the valve covers
Post by: 73CustomDeluxe on January 07, 2011, 02:43:06 am

so i painted the valve covers on my truck and thought they turned out pretty good.
here's what they stared out as

(http://i241.photobucket.com/albums/ff119/andrewthetubaplayer/valve%20covers/engine3.jpg)

(http://i241.photobucket.com/albums/ff119/andrewthetubaplayer/valve%20covers/engine2.jpg)

(http://i241.photobucket.com/albums/ff119/andrewthetubaplayer/valve%20covers/engine1.jpg)

so i pulled them into my dads shop to prep them. here they are off.

(http://i241.photobucket.com/albums/ff119/andrewthetubaplayer/valve%20covers/valvecovers1.jpg)

then sanded and wire brushed them.

(http://i241.photobucket.com/albums/ff119/andrewthetubaplayer/valve%20covers/prep.jpg)

here i pulled them outside to prime and paint.

heres one primed

(http://i241.photobucket.com/albums/ff119/andrewthetubaplayer/valve%20covers/prime.jpg)

i decided to do orange on black since the middle is raised and i wanted a black bow tie in the middle. so first i taped off the outside and did the orange.

(http://i241.photobucket.com/albums/ff119/andrewthetubaplayer/valve%20covers/primetape.jpg)


(http://i241.photobucket.com/albums/ff119/andrewthetubaplayer/valve%20covers/primetape2.jpg)

(http://i241.photobucket.com/albums/ff119/andrewthetubaplayer/valve%20covers/orange.jpg)

then i taped off the orange. i printed and cut out a bowtie to use as a stencil and gently cut out the tape.

(http://i241.photobucket.com/albums/ff119/andrewthetubaplayer/valve%20covers/chevytape.jpg)

after that it was ready for the black paint
 
(http://i241.photobucket.com/albums/ff119/andrewthetubaplayer/valve%20covers/black.jpg)

and here is the finished product

(http://i241.photobucket.com/albums/ff119/andrewthetubaplayer/valve%20covers/finish.jpg)

(http://i241.photobucket.com/albums/ff119/andrewthetubaplayer/valve%20covers/enginepaint.jpg)

(http://i241.photobucket.com/albums/ff119/andrewthetubaplayer/valve%20covers/enginetape2.jpg)

(http://i241.photobucket.com/albums/ff119/andrewthetubaplayer/valve%20covers/enginetape3.jpg)

not show quality or anything but i thought they looked good.

 

Title: Re: painting the valve covers
Post by: choptop on January 07, 2011, 07:12:17 am

They do look good, but it looks like you need to do some more cleaning and painting under there. The new paint highlighted all the dirt.

Title: Re: painting the valve covers
Post by: bake74 on January 07, 2011, 08:57:49 am

     X2 on what choptop said, if you started painting more stuff pretty soon you would have the whole engine bay cleaned up.

Title: Re: painting the valve covers
Post by: 73CustomDeluxe on January 07, 2011, 11:53:02 am

Yeah I painted the breather when I first got it because it was all surface rusted.

Title: Re: painting the valve covers
Post by: hotrod24 on January 07, 2011, 01:34:34 pm

Wow the valve covers turn out great, Nice work...

Title: Re: painting the valve covers
Post by: Ben_Greenberg on September 20, 2014, 09:45:16 am

Seriously nice work on the covers! Little by little I was hoping to do the same thing.

Title: Re: painting the valve covers
Post by: LTZ C20 on September 20, 2014, 11:36:24 am

Those do look good. And the orange on black was a really good idea. I like it. Now paint the inner fenders, radiator support top cover, the fan and the air cleaner box to match lol.

Title: Re: painting the valve covers
Post by: illinoisk30 on September 26, 2014, 06:33:13 am

Nice attention to detail. They look great.